Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

Jaroslava Schallerova (title character) rescues "Eagle" (Petr Kopriva), whom she's learned may actually be her brother, who tries to explain the strange behavior of visitors, in director Jaromil Jires' Czech New Wave pastoral fantasy Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders, 1970.

Jaroslava Schallerova (title character) reads a note from her maybe-suitor, consults with grandmother (Helena Anyzova) and, after an R-rated moment, encounters the priest (Jan Klusak) and the masked "Constable" (Jiri Prymek), in Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders, 1970.

About as un-Hollywood as can be, director Jaromil Jires introduces his 13-year old star Jaroslava Schallerova, in his celebrated Czech New Wave fantasy Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders, from a novel by Vitezslav Nezval.